Heathcliff and Isabella

• quotes

  • ‘I love him more than ever you loved Edgar.’
  • ‘Promising that I should be Edgar’s proxy in suffering, till he could get hold of him.’
  • ‘I’ll not repeat his language nor describe his habitual conduct.’
  • ‘The single pleasure I can imagine is to die, or to see him dead.’
• point

  • evolves from infatuation to despair and hatred
  • portrayal of how love can morph into weapon of abuse and betrayal
• explain

  • Isabella looks past class differences and reputation to view him as a romantic figure
  • Heathcliff uses this unrequited love to his advantage
  • realises her mistreatment and seeks peace in death
• context

  • violence against women was common
  • husbands right to beat their wife for not submitting to their authority
• reader

  • restriction of womens rights puts them in violent and dangerous situations, Isabella couldnt divorce him
• key words

  • unrequited love
  • devoid of love
  • manipulated